1 And we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as Jehovah had said unto me; and we went round mount Seir many days.
2 And Jehovah spoke to me, saying,
3 Ye have gone round this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
4 And command the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you; and ye shall be very guarded:
5 attack them not; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot-breadth; for I have given mount Seir as a possession unto Esau.
6 Ye shall buy of them food for money, that ye may eat; and water shall ye also buy of them for money, that ye may drink;
7 for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand. He hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years hath Jehovah thy God been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
8 And we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, by the plain, by Elath, and by Ezion-geber, and we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
9 And Jehovah said to me, Distress not the Moabites, neither engage with them in battle; for I will not give thee of their land a possession; for unto the children of Lot have I given Ar as a possession.
10 (The Emim dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall as the Anakim.
11 They also are reckoned as giants like the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.
12 And in Seir dwelt the Horites in times past; and the children of Esau dispossessed them, and destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did to the land of their possession, which Jehovah gave to them.)
13 Now rise up, and pass over the torrent Zered. And we passed over the torrent Zered.
14 Now the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we had come over the torrent Zered, were thirty-eight years; until the whole generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah had sworn unto them.
15 Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.
16 And it came to pass when all the men of war were consumed, having died off from among the people,
17 that Jehovah spoke to me, saying,
18 Thou art to pass this day over the border of Moab, {which is} Ar,
19 and come near over against the children of Ammon; thou shalt not distress them nor attack them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon a possession; for unto the children of Lot have I given it as a possession.
20 (That also is reckoned a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in time past, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim;
21 a people great, and many, and tall as the Anakim; and Jehovah destroyed them before them, and they dispossessed them, and dwelt in their stead;
22 as he did to the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, from before whom he destroyed the Horites; and they dispossessed them, and dwelt in their stead, even to this day.
23 And the Avvites who dwelt in the hamlets as far as Gazah-the Caphtorim, who came out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
24 Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon. Behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the king of Heshbon, the Amorite, and his land: begin, take possession, and engage with him in battle.
25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples under the whole heaven; who will hear report of thee, and will tremble, and quake because of thee.
26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon the king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
27 Let me pass through thy land: by the highway alone will I go; I will neither turn to the right hand nor to the left.
28 Thou shalt sell me food for money that I may eat; and thou shalt give me water for money that I may drink; I will only pass through on my feet,
29 -as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me, -until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us.
30 But Sihon the king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obdurate, that he might give him into thy hand, as it is this day.
31 And Jehovah said to me, Behold, I begin to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin, take possession, that thou mayest possess his land.
32 And Sihon came out against us for battle, he and all his people, to Jahaz.
33 But Jehovah our God gave him up before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and his whole people.
34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every city, men, and women, and little ones: we let none escape.
35 Only the cattle we took as booty for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
36 From Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the ravine even to Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: Jehovah our God delivered all before us.
37 Only thou didst not approach the land of the children of Ammon, the whole border of the river Jabbok, nor the cities of the mountain, nor to whatsoever Jehovah our God had forbidden us.
1 "以后， 我们照着耶和华吩咐我的， 回转过来， 沿着往红海的路起程到旷野去； 我们在西珥山绕行了很多日子。
2 耶和华对我说：
3 ‘你们绕行这山的日子已经够了； 现在要转向北去。
4 你要吩咐人民说： "你们的兄弟以扫的子孙， 住在西珥， 你们现在要经过他们的境界； 他们必惧怕你们， 所以你们要十分谨慎。
5 不要与他们争执； 他们的地， 连脚掌那么大的一块， 我都不给你们， 因为我已经把西珥山赐给以扫作产业。
6 你们要用银子向他们买食物吃； 也要用银子向他们买水喝。
7 因为耶和华你的 神， 对于你手里所作的一切事， 都已经赐福给你； 他也知道你怎样走这大旷野； 这四十年来， 耶和华你们的 神常与你同在， 使你毫无缺乏。"’
8 "于是我们离开我们住在西珥的兄弟以扫的子孙， 继续前行； 沿着亚拉巴的路， 到了以拉他和以旬．迦别， 然后转向摩押旷野的路去。
9 耶和华对我说： ‘你不可敌视摩押人， 也不可与他们争战； 他们的地我不赐给你作产业， 因为我已经把亚珥赐给了罗得的子孙作产业。
10 （以前有以米人住在那里， 这族人人数众多， 身体高大， 像亚衲族人一样。
11 这以米人， 像亚衲族人一样， 也算为利乏音人； 但摩押人称他们为以米人。
12 以前何利人也住在西珥， 但以扫的子孙占领了他们的产业， 消灭了他们， 住在他们那里， 就像以色列在耶和华赐给他们作产业的地上所行的一样。）
13 现在你们要起来， 过撒烈溪。’于是我们过了撒烈溪。
14 自从我们离开加低斯．巴尼亚， 直到过了撒烈溪的日子， 共有三十八年， 等到那世代的战士都从营中灭绝为止， 正像耶和华向他们所起的誓一样。
15 耶和华的手攻击了他们， 把他们从营中除灭， 直到灭尽为止。
16 "所有战士都从民中死尽以后，
17 耶和华就对我说：
18 ‘你今天要经过摩押的境界亚珥；
19 你走近亚扪人面前的时候， 不可敌视他们， 也不可与他们争执； 亚扪人的地我不赐给你们作产业， 因为我已经把那地赐给了罗得的子孙作产业。
20 （那地也算为利乏音人的地， 以前利乏音人住在那里， 但亚扪人称他们为散送冥。
21 这族人人数众多， 身体高大， 像亚衲族人一样； 但耶和华从亚扪人面前消灭了他们， 亚扪人就占领了他们的地业， 住在那里，
22 好像耶和华从前为住在西珥的以扫的子孙所作的一样， 就是把何利人从他们面前消灭， 他们就占领了他们的地业， 住在他们那里， 直到今日。
23 还有亚卫人， 原先住在迦萨附近的各村庄里， 有从迦斐托出来的迦斐托人把他们消灭了， 住在他们那里。）
24 现在你要起来， 出发， 过亚嫩谷； 看哪， 我已经把亚摩利人希实本王西宏和他的土地， 交在你的手里了； 你要开始占领那地作产业， 与他争战。
25 就在今天， 我要使天下万民听见你的消息都惊慌惧怕， 而且因你的缘故发抖疼痛。’
26 "我从基底莫的旷野， 派使者到希实本王西宏那里去， 用和平的话说：
27 ‘求你让我从你的地经过； 我只走大道， 不偏左也不偏右。
28 你可以按着价钱把食物卖给我吃， 也可以按着价钱把水卖给我喝； 只要让我步行过去就是了；
29 好像住在西珥的以扫子孙， 和住在西珥的摩押人待我一样， 等我过约旦河， 进到耶和华我们的 神赐给我们的地去。’
30 但是希实本王西宏不肯让我们从他那里经过， 因为耶和华我们的 神使他的心意顽固， 使他的心刚硬， 为要把他交在你的手里， 像今日一样。
31 耶和华对我说： ‘看哪， 我已经把西宏和他的地交给你了， 你可以占领他的地作产业。’
32 "那时西宏和他所有的人民都出来， 攻击我们， 在雅杂与我们作战。
33 耶和华我们的 神把他交给了我们， 我们就把他、他的儿子们和他所有的人民都击杀了。
34 那时我们夺取了他所有的城邑， 把每一座城， 连男带女， 以及小孩子都全部毁灭， 没有留下一个存活的；
35 只留下我们掠为己有的牲畜， 和我们夺取城邑所得的战利品。
36 从亚嫩谷旁边的亚罗珥和谷中的城， 直到基列， 没有一座城太高， 是我们不能攻下的； 耶和华我们的 神把这一切都交给我们了。
37 只有亚扪人的地， 雅博河一带的地方， 和山地的城市， 以及耶和华我们的 神吩咐我们不可去的地方， 我们都没有走近。"